OBJECTIVES

These unprecedented transitions are still poorly documented, whereas they could shed light on issues related to technical changes, governance at different scales and work and job creation, which are also crucial in other contexts. The aim of the IndiaBio exploratory project is to carry out an initial characterization of these transitions in two Indian states, which will serve as a basis for a more ambitious project that will compare several regions of the world.

RESOURCES

The team brings together many disciplines: animal sciences, agronomy, comparative agriculture, environmental sciences,
economics, political sciences.
The project combines several scales of analysis (the farm, the village/ territory, the state) and revolves around five tasks:

• technical characterization and assessment of the relevance of transition from the farmers’ perspective;
• analysis of the evolution of the flows of matter and energy induced by the transition at the territorial scale;
• multi-scale analysis of transition governance (stakeholders involved, means of interaction, formal and informal rules to develop technical solutions and create new markets);
• bioeconomic modeling (GDP, land use, diets, etc.) of a full state-wide transition;
• comparison of transitions and dissemination of results.

Participants

INRAE Units

• SELMET, Montpellier
• MOISA, Montpellier
• SAS, Rennes
• LISIS, Marne-la-Vallée

Partners

ENSFEA, France

Cirad / CSH, Inde